#insert jurgen leitner rant

[alasroundrock]

Okay soooooo

First statement from the 18th century? Oh I wonder who else was born in that century and why it wasn't Chester or Norris reading this

Very Posh Voice (someone who could have believably been an old man from a different century)

'But I was young and frightened, and simply watched in quiet awe.' ?? that's what I thought you'd say you dumb fucking horse

A tale with themes of hubris and a man sacrificing both parts of himself and the lives of others to place himself above his fellow men???

Where else have I seen someone bleeding for their own goals (ehm gouging own eyes out ehm) and feeding their entity via the life and fear of others. I know the second part is a common feature of avatars (assuming they even exist in this universe) but I want to hope it's him ok

With all the deaths and the terror it was all still worth it to the violinist because of the music??? Remembering Simon's talk about how being an avatar is like hearing the most beautiful music in your dreams. Thinking about Elias admitting the exhilaration of knowing you would be willing to sacrifice the entire world in the name of your own freedom. Thinking about 'Nothing's wrong with him. He's the pupil of the Eye. He's won.'

In conclusion: Jimmy Magma enjoy your vacation inside the computer

[yourfaveisworsethanaworm]

jurgen leitner from the magnus archives is worse than a worm!

[anerol152]

I love how there's a 'Happy Pipe Murder day!' holiday that made tma trending again.

makes me nostalgic

[cantfuckbracket]

Can't Fuck Bracket - Group Stage. Group 13: The Real Horror Was Their Genitals (Horror and Thriller Media)

Adam Murray (The Mandela Catalogue) versus Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives) versus Jack Chambers (Don't Worry Darling)

[ID: The unfuckable pride flag overlaid with the "no bitches" meme. Over it are pictures of the contestants. Adam and Jack are both white men with brown hair who look exhausted; Adam has short hair and Jack has long hair and a stubble, and looks dirty. Jurgen has no canon appearance, so in his place there is a steel pipe. Over them are sparkles and a heart with a butt, and in between them are peach emojis crossed out with the word "vs" in them. End ID]

Propaganda:

Adam Murray: "he had a girlfriend but the relationship ended really fast due to him literally being a horrifying demon and NOT in a hot way. He is INCREDIBLY tormented as well but not in a hot way either. He’s also kind of a dick. (And you guessed it, not in a hot way!!) He basically has every tumblr sexyman trait but in a scraggly smelly wet stray cat with one eye kind of way."

Jurgen Leitner: "i HATE Jurgen Leitner. If he ever fucked(and I doubt he ever had) he would suck. Just like he sucked at being a good person. *insert entire Jurgen Leitner rant*"

Jack Chambers: "unwashed nasty incel. why would you even choose to be even fake British what the fuck"

[m0ther-of-p3arl]

hi i finished tma season 1

IM GONNA THROW UP NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO

WHY HER WHY SASHA WHY MSUT THEY DO THIS WHY MY WIFE WHY WHY N OOOOOOO

THAT IS NOT MY SASHA THAT IS NOT MY WIFE WHAT THE FUCK GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT!!!!!! SHE DIDNT EVEN EAT ANY NOTEBOOKS MAN WHY SHED GET GRAHAM'D!!!! IM GONNA CRY THATS NOT HER THATS NOT HER THATS NOT HER WHAT THE HELL "yes." YOU ARE NOT MY BELOVED GET OUT

THAT FUCKING TABLE ISTG I HATE IT I HATE IT IM GONNA HIT IT WITH TWELVE BILLION METAL PIPES WHY DIDNT JON BREAK IT YOUUU FUUUUUUCKKKK THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE NO WAY THAT TABLE ISNT RELATED TO WHATEVER THIS REPLACEINATOR IS. IS IT THE SAME CREATURE THAT SKEDADDLED INTO GRAHAMS FLAT????? WHY DOES NO ONE SEE ANYTHING WRONG W SASHA THAT IS SO OBLIVIOUSLY NOT HER

the worms the worms the worms ... worm wife ..... the screamerrrrrrrrrrr the wormerrrrrrrrrrr

tim is so silly i love him tbh. my man (presumably) took off his pants in the middle of a wormpocalypse. thanks buddy. he should be high on co2 more often."statement of joe spooky... regarding mysterious happenings..." silly guy silly guy (the horrors) "im fine though. except for the holes. and the pain. and the blood. and the nightmares. couldve been worse though, eh?" u need 12 diff types of therapy now buddy

MARTIN is quite silly too i like him a lot ... erm i think he might actually be a ghost Jon was onto something (silly). jons still such a hater STOPPP HES JUST OUT HERE VIBING... HE SOUNDED SO SAD AND SCARED :( i want to hug him please "im sorry i left you" .. i know what you are

why was Gertrudes body just There btw. what the fuck. shes just been there??? man imagine ur running from The Worms and then BOOM random dead body of the old Archivist HELLO?? AND SHE WAS SHOT??? NO SPOOKY SCARIES ?? JUST GOOD OL GUNS??

i looked it up. the missing cases. have sashas voice. and the homophobic vase statement. im going actually going to be sick. wdym "Evelyn Hewett as Not!Sasha" GOODBYE I HATE EVERYTHING

they all sound so tiiired :[

SORRY TO RANT IN YOUR INBOX BTW IM JUST. NEED TO SCREAM. GOING INSANE

AND SORRY FOR ALL THE CAPS IIIIIMM

I NEED TO BE LOBOTOMIZED RIGHT NOW WHYYYY

AAAAAAH I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO RESPOND TO UR RANT IN EVERY POINT IN ITS ENTIRETY BUT REST ASURED IVE READ THE WHOLE THING AND IM

FUCKKK YESSSSSSSSSS

i knew you'd like tma. i fucking KNEW it. and it only gets worse from here hehehehhe so watch out >:3 and THEN u have to listen to protocol.... fuck yes.........

YOURE CATCHING ON TO SO MUCH OF THE LORE STuFF THO GOOD JOB U UNDERSTAND IT SO MUBH BETTER THAN I DID MY FIRST LISTEN LOL

yea sasha.... oof....... bro got graham'd as u said :3

tim.... auauuaauua a fandom favorite. ofc. the lovely. i have so much to say aobut tim and what a [insert adjectvie that i cant say cos spoilers] character he is but i CANT cos again SPOILERS........

martin is so lovely. i love that man. gorgeous ass lovely human. honestly one of the best characters (but jon's my fave im a jon girlie)

THE HOMOPHOBIC VASE LMAO yes. also. have u heard the jurgen leitner rant?? id save it til after u finish s2 but it is definitely something that every tma fan should memorize.

jurgen leitner?! stupid idiot motherufkcing jurgen leitner god damn fool book collecting dust eating rat old bastard shithead idiot avatar of teh whore, biggest clown in the circus laughed out of town, cowboy motherfucker jurgen leitner (etc etc. this goes on for about 4 paragraphs.)

I RELALY APPRECIATE U RANTING IN MY INBOX. BECAUSE U STARTED LISTENINT TO TMA COS OF ME. ITS LIKE MY HARD WORK IS ALL PAYING OFF. IVE INDOCTRINATED U INTO THIS STUPID FUCKING PODCAST.

dw it destroys everyone. makes everyone go insane. i had the Exact Same Reactions on my second listen ;-; it's a podcast and a half tbh. fucking amazing.

[chrisis-averted]

Retainer

(insert Jurgen Leitner rant here)

[disastergenius]

Finished S2 on my relisten

Onto Season 2! I remember thinking that the plot started dragging a little, since we start out strong with the initial exploration of the tunnels and then go back to the Monster of the Week format, and I was now invested in the mystery solving. But it works significantly better for the story and it was the right choice, and it definitely is more fun in retrospect to be able to put all the pieces together.  

E42: Grifter’s Bone freaks me out because the idea of listening to something by choice or unwittingly and then permanently being affected. i mean, that’s just how music works in a way, but now its Sinister. 

E43: Section 31 big fan of early Basira and Frank Voss, their voice is so nice

E44: ooh set up to the Unknowing; every single Circus statement just has such a terrifying undertone before they get really bad

I think I’m in the minority of Magnus fans that isn’t obsessed with Michael? Like I understand that he is fascinating but also I don’t really like him?? I don’t know why???

i think i don’t enjoy any statements to do with Robert Smirke and his weird architecture? I dont know why but i lose focus during them. maybe because i hate buildings that don’t make sense because i have quite a tendency to get lost, so this almost annoys me more than it scares me

E52: Exceptional Risk full confession is that I am really bad at remembering when statements have names that are the same, so I don’t always get it when they are connected immediately but once i do realize, they make good statements and good linking for the story

E57: Personal Space I love this statement so much even though it terrifies me

E59: Recluse always enjoy a Hill Top Road statement, there’s so much that goes on and i really want more of the various happenings there

E61: Hard Shoulder i hate Daisy so much sometimes but her statements are good and her voice is really nice (thank you Fay Roberts!)

E62: First Edition love the dynamic here it’s so fun

E65: Binary freaked me out the first time and still freaks me out now, something about the imagery of the broken computer and the shards and pain 

E67: Burning Desire first mystery episode i really got into that has good payoff

E68: The Tale of a Field Hospital i did not appreciate this statement the first time i heard it, thought it was weird and did not enjoy. on the relisten it is incredible at reimagining things that are Just Slightly Off

E69: Thought for the Day first Annabelle Cane statement! it’s wild and i hated it the first time i listened to it but its such a good statement

E70: Book of the Dead is such a good concept, terrifying thank you

E72: Takeaway I hate every single Flesh statement related to the Hans because 1. creepy 2. imagery is the worst in my head 3. somewhat racist and i hate it (sorry for the discourse but god it’s so bad)

E72: Police Lights maybe one of my favorite small details between the Callum Brodie connection to learning about both his parents and then later his own fear domain

E74: Fatigue too relatable

all the Not!Them statements are scary to me because the idea that a monster can just slip in and recreate reality without anyone knowing is so awful and scary to me because you would just have to question everything but you would never know to even start

my favorite theory ive seen is that the Not!Them keeps the witness as someone who is close to having a connection to that person, so close but maybe not quite, and that’s what makes you question it more, because it’s a memory of what you could have had all the time but you don’t know why

E80: The Librarian *insert Jurgen Leitner rant* 

[extended sounds of brutal pipe murder] 

Whoo ready for Season 3! 

[aladywithabat]

guess who got piped!!!

in dishonour of his death, i finally inked the best (and only) drawing ive made of him

[jonbinary-archive]

i literally cannot stop thinking abt sasha. i just wrote 4k words about her and my brain still refuses to free me from this hell! i wish there was an equivalent to tim’s “keep thotting it up in heaven king” for her bc i NEED to describe how badly i miss her

[container-of-apple-juice]

I hate jiraiya so god damn much I hate that he’s alive in flashbacks fuck this guy

[variksel]

my friend listening to tma for the first time: "oh it was weird to hear jurgen leitner for the first time haha"

me, bursting at the seams to yell at them about how leitner was voiced by jonnys real life dad and how funny it is that he made him die of pipe murder but i JUST showed them ben merediths 'elias wakes up as a catboy' tweet and his catboy ben meredith profile picture and ranted about how jon was jonnys self-insert for awhile and thats why we call him jonny and why jon is called 'the archivist' in the credits of each episode: "R I G H T???"

[mothpawbs]

I'm on The Librarian in my relisten and yeah I hate Jurgen Leitner so much, pathetic, pompous little bitch. Insert Leitner rant here.

[fabaceaeae]

can I just say that I'm really glad Jonny decided to go with Jurgen Leitner instead of Jürgen because of the connotation each name has for me:

Jurgen: never knew anyone with that name before, posh and self-absorbed bastard with a background in academia now (insert Leitner rant here)

Jürgen: he's friends with your dad, known for opening beer bottles with his teeth and owning a car trailer he lets all of his friends borrow. Legend says he's never been seen without a football jersey on. The only thing worse than his puns are his teeth.

[cantfuckbracket]

Can't Fuck Bracket. Round 1, Side A

Jurgen Leitner (The Magnus Archives) versus Todoroki Enji (Boku No Hero Academia)

[ID: The unfuckable pride flag overlaid with the "no bitches" meme. Over it are pictures of the contestants. Jurgen has no canon appearance, so in his place there is a steel pipe; and Todoroki's features are mostly made of fire. Over them are sparkles and a heart with a butt, and in between them are peach emojis crossed out with the word "vs" in them. End ID]

Propaganda:

Jurgen Leitner: "i HATE Jurgen Leitner. If he ever fucked(and I doubt he ever had) he would suck. Just like he sucked at being a good person. *insert entire Jurgen Leitner rant*"

Todoroki Enji: "hes the worst man alive i hate that cunt so fucking much yeah he has 4 biological kids but hes an asshole to them and doesnt deserve any of them he should've died during one of the numerous arcs where his estranged eldest son tried to kill him i HATE his ass. fucking bitch walkint around with his flaming facial hair all the time as if it makes him look cool i hate him so much. HE MAY HAVE MADE 4 SEPARATE CHILDREN BUT HE HAS NEVER FUCKED OUTSIDE OF THAT hes NOT a dilf bc he Sucks Ass and i hate him. hhhebhdesheb"

[nyxserpent]

I'm trying to at least be closer to the end of The Magnus Archives before the last episode comes out so I'm listening to it while prepping things for supper tonight (yes it's only just past noon right now as I type, but peeling 5lbs each of potatoes and carrots got me through an episode and a half)

I'm currently halfway through the last episode of season 2. And I just-

JURGEN LEITNER? MOTHERFUCKING JURGEN LEITNER??? THIS FUCKER'S HUBRIS OH MY FUCKING GOD

*insert Leitner Rant here*

(it's two links, one with the text one with a dramatic reading)

...like, I knew this bastard was coming, I really haven't given a fuck about if I saw spoilers for this but listening to him explain how he thought he could control the books and be seen as the savior of the world

*wanders off still bitching "STUPID GODDAMN AVATAR OF THE WHORE-"

[illusion-of-death]

For the CR asks, what about 21-26 (favorite PC, NPC, and villains from both campaigns)?

Ooh this is really tough but:

PCs

C1—Keyleth. Her story really resonates with me for a lot of personal reasons, and also she had some of the best moments of the campaign imo (Feebleminding Raishan and the infamous goldfish incident come to mind). I also really enjoyed Percy’s arc, but didn’t find it nearly as relatable for obvious reasons.

C2—Yasha. To be fair I was immediately biased for both her and Molly as someone who has spent over a decade performing in a circus (and was still there when the campaign started), but still the more we learn about her character the cooler she gets. Beauregard and Caduceus are also definitely up there.

NPCs

C1—Gilmore. He’s absolutely glorious, and as a commonly reoccurring character has had a lot of time to develop a very strong relationship with Vox Machina. Allura comes in as a very close second for a lot of the same reasons.

C2—Dairon. Matt Mercer said (and continues to say) NB rights and also Dairon’s just an absolute badass. I can’t wait to see how their dynamic with Beau continues to evolve. Second shoutout to Allura because I can and I still love her.

Villains

C1—probably the Briarwoods? I admittedly don’t remember as much about their arc as I probably should but I remember loving it, and Silas showing up at the post-campaign wedding was fantastic. Bonus points for being vampires because that is very Aesthetique.

C2—does it count as a favorite if I absolutely despise him? Because Trent Ikithon. *insert entirety of Jurgen Leitner rant here* This is absolutely not a controversial opinion which I think just goes to show how universally despised this dude is, and that in and of itself is a sign of some pretty fantastic characterization. The scale of the influence he has over the campaign is so big we probably haven’t even seen all of it yet and from a storytelling perspective I find that absolutely fascinating.

Thanks for asking!!